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MGT106 - Time and Stress ManagementCourse presents basic principles and theories of time and stress management, covering how small adjustments can reap rewards in personal and professional effectiveness.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT117 - Human Relations in The WorkplaceIntroductory course stressing “people” skills and utilizing these skills in an increasingly team-based and customer-oriented workplace. Content provides opportunities to become more effective in discerning, ethical, flexible, perceptive behaviors while working with people. Special attention is given to appropriate communications skills, working on diverse teams, multinational and diversity awareness, discrimination and biases in the workplace, appearance and business etiquette.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT118 - Effective Management CommunicationsCourse integrates concepts and research from several disciplines including business communication and organizational behavior. Contents includes examination of the communication process and its importance in the business environment including both theories and practice, various forms of communication used in business including writing for managerial communications, oral communications including individual and group oral presentations, use of the internet and other methods of modern business communication, and communicating in the job search process. Recommendation: EGL 101 or placement into EGL 101.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT130 - Purchasing ManagementCourse provides a general background of fundamental purchasing concepts. Content includes specific studies for those in business and industry, who wish to expand their knowledge of purchasing management, such as price cost and value analysis; purchasing research; forward buying; purchasing systems; legal aspects of purchasing; make or buy decisions; and electronic data processing as it relates to the purchasing function.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT138 - Introduction to Life CoachingCourse introduces the beginning fundamentals of life coaching. Students will learn both the history of the field as well as current coaching trends and how to create a coaching practice based on individual skills, experience, and interests.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT140 - Supervisory DevelopmentCourse focuses on fundamental issues of supervision for students who are currently a supervisor or aspire to be a supervisor to help them develop practical supervisory skills.Recommended: MGT 101.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT160 - Small Business ManagementCourse presents the principles and problems of organizing a small business. Content includes analysis of entrepreneurial qualifications and skills; capital resources and requirements; forms of ownership; and financial analysis and planning. Focus is on tax and legal considerations; staffing and learning to identify profit opportunities using market analysis; bringing products to market through effective advertising, personal selling and distribution methods and practices. Includes franchises, availability of government assistance through the Small Business Administration (SBA), evaluation of an existing business for purchase and special opportunities granted to small businesses in selling to government agencies.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT170 - Training and DevelopmentCourse introduces the field of training and development. Content includes identification of skills necessary to design and implement a training program; roles and responsibilities of trainers, and unique characteristics of adult learners. Current trends and career opportunities addressed. Intended for those who have responsibility for training or human resources development within their organization, or for those exploring training as a career. Recommended: MGT 165.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT180 - Introduction to Business Security ManagementCourse provides an overview of the principles of security organization management. Topics include the challenges that organizations face in the area of security with regard to personnel, facility, and information. Security strategies for business and contingency planning are also covered.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT181 - The Principles of Business Asset ProtectionCourse covers the principles of the protection of assets within an organization. Topics include risk exposure, risk analysis, and security strategies as they relate to business asset protection within business units of an organization.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT182 - Emergency and Contingency PlanningCourse provides a foundation on the background components and systems involved in the management of disasters and other emergencies within a business. Topics include the role of an organization in the areas of identification, analysis, and contingency procedures related to various emergency situations.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT205 - Organizational BehaviorCourse develops skills and competencies needed by managers and professionals to effectively contribute to an organization. Content focus is on individual behavior in an organization; impact of work teams within an organization; and organizational systems. Recommended: MGT 117.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT210 - Business EtiquetteCourse presents the fundamentals of business etiquette as they are applied to the modern multicultural and global business environments. Content includes the importance of the first impression, polite conversation, personal appearance, office politics, diplomacy, telephone and cell phone etiquette, proper oral and written communication, and the protocol of meetings both in the United States and abroad. Students will participate in an off-campus formal dining experience.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)Fee: $99

MGT220 - Managing Effective TeamsCourse presents theory and practical tools to become a more productive team member and leader. Topics include characteristics of high performing teams, leadership strategies, avoiding dysfunctional team dynamics, and managingdiverse and virtual teams. Recommended: MGT 205.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT228 - Change ManagementCourse examines technical and behavioral aspects of change processes within an organization so that change strategies can be planned, implemented and evaluated. Content includes the relationship between strategy and organizationalstructure; organizational restructuring and its outcomes; leadership skills and behaviors associated with successful change; creating a transition environment;developing measures for evaluating the success of change effort; dealing with resistance to change, and institutionalizing change.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT231 - Safety and Risk ManagementCourse examines concepts of safety management. Content includes strategies to create and perpetuate safe and productive environments for all stakeholders; effects of sound decision making to diminish and control corporate and individualliability.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT232 - Managing Diversity in the WorkplaceCourse examines issues related to managing and being a member of a diverse workforce. Content includes diversity-related issues with management implications, such as social identity; recruitment and selection; work groups and team interaction; sexual harassment; workplace romance; leadership, work and family; accommodation of people with disabilities; and organizational strategies for promoting multicultural equal opportunity.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT238 - Introduction to Life Coaching IICourse supports advanced fundamentals of life coaching with a focus on applied knowledge. Students will learn coaching strategies and create a structure for their own coaching practice.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT253 - Project Management Certification PreparationCourse offers an intensive review of project management concepts and the application of these concepts to various business scenarios in preparation for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam. Students cannot receive credit for both MGT 253 and CIS 253. Recommended: CIS 236 or MGT 236 or comparable knowledge or consent of instructor.2 Credit Hours (lecture: 2; lab: 0)

MGT276 - Corporate Social Responsibility and Decision MakingCourse familiarizes students with concepts of corporate citizenship and sustainability by focusing on the scope and consequences of corporate decision making and its impact on its various constituencies in a global setting. Students will develop a framework for analyzing good corporate decisions, the role of the individual, and the responsibility of leadership and governance in the decision making process. Recommended: PHL 107.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT288 - Strategic ManagementCourse is an integrative learning experience in strategic management focusing on concepts and their application to a variety of business functions. Content covers identifying problems, analyzing solutions, decision-making, and formulating aworkable plan. Course is designed as a capstone for the management curriculum. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of MGT courses or consent of instructor.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

MGT290 - Topics in ManagementCourse meets special interest needs of Management students and local businessorganizations. Special topics will be offered for variable credit from one to four semester credit hours. Students may repeat MGT 290 up to three times on different topics for a maximum of nine semester credit hours. Prerequisite may vary by topic.1-4 Credit Hours (lecture: 1-4; lab: 0)